Clothesline supporting device



July 2, .1946. A. NAGY GLOTHESLINE SUPPORTING DEVICE Friled June 8, 1944 2 Sheets-Shet l ATTORNEY A. NAGY Filed June 8, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet4 2 ATTORNEY INVENTOR Y @LEX/QN A? /Mqey CLOTHESLINE SUPPORTING DEVICE Jly 2, 1946.

Patented July 2, 1946 UNITED STATES f PATENT OF F l CTE 2,403,295 CLOTHESLINE SUPPORTING DEVICE Alexander Nagy, Lindenhurst, N. Y Application June 8, 1944, Serial No. 539,300

3' Claims. 1

This invention relates to clothes line supporting devices in general, andmore especially to a supporting device attachable to a house adjacent to a window, door, r the like to support a clothes line that extends from the house to an exterior support or the like.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide an improved clothes line supporting device attachable to a house adjacent to an opening such as a window, door or the like, to facilitate hanging and removing clothes from the line without endangering the person of the attendant. Y

With a clothes line mounted upon pulleys attached to a house, particularly when the attendant is required to gain access to the line through a window, the person of the attendant has frequently been injured due tothe breaking of the line while the attendant was engaging the same.

One of the objects of the. present invention is to provide an improved clothes line attachment connected to a house adjacent to a Window, door, or the like by means of which the attendant can with ease hang and remove the clothes on the line without requiring her to reach out of the house through the window, door, or the like.

v Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved clothes line supportingdevice connected to a house adjacent. to a window, door, or the like, having a pulley supporting arm which may with facility be .positioned to extend into the house while the clothes are being hung or removed from the line, and which in turn may be positioned to extend on the outside ofthe house to enable closing the window, door, o1' the like, and which in addition can be operated both when the clothes are hung on the line as well as when the line is free.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear vfrom the subjoined detail description `of one specic ernbodiinent thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a'clothes line and the improved supporting device in position for ha-ngingand removing clothes with a part of the supporting house shown in section.

Fig, 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged iragmental section in plan showing the supporting device extending into a house.

Fig. i is an enlarged fragmental section showing the supporting device secured to the outer face of a house.

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Fig. 5 is a fragmental section on the lineB-.JS of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line '6-6 of Fig. 5.

Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional fragmental views of the latch in on end off positions.

ln the embodiment shown Vthe clothes line I, secured to form an endless loop, extends around one pulley .7. attached to a hook 3 or the like, secured to any suitable exterior support such as the pole 4. The line I also extendsaround the pulley 5 which is secured to the hook or claw 6 of the arm 'l `constituting a part of the supporting device 8 now to be described.

Thesupporting device 8 is intended to be attached to the outer face of a structure 9 such as a house adjacent to an kopening in 'the structure, such as a doorway, window open-ing, or the like. In the present instance, the device 8 is shown as attached to the structure 9 adjacent .the sash frame id of a window having slideways fortwo complemental windownsashes II and I2. In .Figure 1 the two window sashes Il and I2 are raised to clear the arm 'I of the supporting device while' it extends into the house. The arm 'I in the present instance is shown as composed of a metal rod having the hook or claw 6 at one. end to receive the ear I3 of thepulley 5 and .being at its other end welded into the` plate I4. The plate I4' as shown has a slot` therein to receive the rod'I with the edges of the 4main portion I5 inclining toward one another asthey extend toward the free .end of the plate portion I5. The plate"I4 in turn is cent to form an angle of about 86 loetween the main portion or web I5 of the plate i4 and the narrow portion or web I6. The free endof the narrow portion I6 has the loops I'I and i8 in alinement with the loop I9 formed at the free end of the plate 2.0 in turn to form a journal for the hinge pin 2|. 'I'his pin 2| has a guiding ciaw or hook 22 formed at the lower end thereof and extending down below the plate I4, that is,` below the loop I3 of vthe plate I4. The upper end `of the pinY 2l is preferably threaded to receive the nut 23 and above it the internally threaded element 2li has the guiding claw or hook 25 extending upwardly therefrom. Thepin 2|. is formed to rotate freely in thejournals forrned by the sleeves Il', I8 and Il) so vthat the -hooks v25 and 22 may swing around the same with the upper and lower strands 26 and 2'I.of the line I.

The plate 20 as show-n preferably is bent .at right angles having the web 28 rprovided with screw openings to receive screws such as the screws 29 which extend into the house,fin Athe present instance being shown as secured tothe l'composed of any Obviously the hinge pin steel. While the bar 1 and hook portion 6 may rolled steel.

sash frame I0. The plates I4 and 20 may be suitable durable metal. Excellent results have been achieved when the metal of these twoplates was composed of l chrome molybdenum. .l 2I, hook element 24 and hook element 6 and bar 1 are Lpreferably composed of some durable 1 metal. Excellent results have been achieved when these portions are composed of cold rolled Whilel the dimensions and con'formations ci' are provided whereby the arm 1 Ycan be anchored 1 these several parts so farV described may be.;

varied without departing from the general spirit of the invention, it should be noted that exceli lent results have been achieved when the portion I5 of the metal plate I4 is about five and onequarter inches long and one and one-half inches Wide at its widest end adjacent the narrow 2 portion I6; the narrow portion I6 about one and one-half Vinches long; the main portion' of the plate 23 about two inches long by four inches wide; and the web 28 about one and one-half inches long; both plates I4 and 2Ibeing about y one-eighth of an inch in thickness; the tubular part 1 about one-half inch in diameter; and the pin 2| diameter and the hook portion 6 about one-half inch indiameter. The hook 22 is preferably U shaped and open at the top; and the hook 25 U shaped and open at the side. While not neces- 1 sary, it has also been found expedient to allow the upper end of the pin 2I to extend above the screw threaded portion 24 `of the hook 25 so that it may cooperate with the hook 25 in anchoring the'uppver strand 26 Vof `the line I. The hook portion 6 in the present instance partakes of two loops in planes at right angles to one another,

one loop in a substantially horizontal plane,

seeFig. 3, and the other loop 3I in a substantially vertical plane. The loop 36, in the present instance, is provided to enable the line I to clear the sash frame I when the arm 1 extends into the house, and the loop 3l extending upwardly from the loop 30 to receive the ear I3 of the pulley 5. In operation, the strand 26 of the line lY may immediatenf be positioned in the hook 25 i between it and the end 32 0f the pin 2I. When the arm 1 is swung into the house into the Afull line position shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the strand 21 is ready toreceive the clothes, and both when hanging the clothes and removing the clothes from the strand 21 preferably the strand 21 extends down below the hook 22. After the clothes have been hung on the strand 21 of the line I, the strand 21 is preferably adjusted so that al1 of the clothes are secured to the same between the pulley 2 and the hook 22. Thereupon the strand 21 should be raisedrand positioned in the hook 22, and thereupon the arm 1 is ready to be swung out of the house into thev strands 26 and 21 Vbetween the pin 2I and the Vpulley 2*;

l Excellent results about five-sixteenths of an inch in` have been achieved with this lsupporting device without providing 'anchoring means'for securing the supporting device either in the position shown in Figure 1 where the arm 1 extends into the house, or in the position where the arm 1 extends along the outside of the house. This is dueto the fact that the strain on the strands ,26 and 21 when clothes are mounted thereon is deflected by the hooks 25 and 22 when the arm `I forms an oblique angle with a straight line between the pulleyY 2 and the. pin 2i'. Consequently, after the strands 26 and 21 are properly secured to the hooks 25 and 22, respectively, with or withoutl clothes hanging -on' the strand Y21, the arm 1 is free to lbe swung in a horizontal direction.. However, in order to preventV accidental swinging of this arm 1 either due to a Wind storm or the like, or even by an attendant, means 25 projection 35 constituting a ringer piece to raise the same, and a recess 36 to engage the plate I4. The edge 31 of the plate 33 serves as a cam when the plate I4 is swung toward they anchoring clip A 33 to raise the clip 33 until the upper edge or' the plate I4 registers with the recess 36 and permits the plate 33 to drop down into the position shown in' Fig. 8, the edge 31 in this camming action, see Fig. '1, initially engagingthe upper edge ofthe A webrl to raise the clip 33 as shown in Fig. 7. As

shown in Fig. 6, the clip 33 has a nose38 which rests against the web 28 when the clip 33 is free as shown in said Fig. 6. This locking clip 33 therefore acts as a latch automatically to lock the plate-I4 into the position shown in Fig. 4. On the other hand, when it is desired to swing the arm 1 into the room, it is necessary first t0 raise the latch 33 to free the `plate portion I5, and then to swing the arm,1 with its pulley 5 through the strands 26 and 21 about the hinge pin 2I until the arm extends adjacent to the inner portion of the frame sash I6 as shown in l Vthe washer 4I on the diminished portion 39 engage the other side of the plate portion I5. On the outer end of the diminished portion 39 there is formed a suitable lock nut 42 between which and the washer 4I there is secured the lever 43 xed to rotate with the shank 38. The lever 43 has the nger piece 44. The tubular portion of the arm 1, see Fig. 6, extends beyond the faces of the plate portion I5 sufficiently to form limiting stops for the lever 43 when swung in either direction.

The shank 38 is also provided with an arrow shaped head 45 having the wings 46 and 41 diametrically opposed to one another and disposed just beyond the collar formation 43. The collar formation 46 has a greater diameter than the diameter of the opening 43 in therweh or plate 20, which opening 49, however, is provided with two diametrically opposed recesses 5U and 5l, see Fig. 5, to clear the wings 46 and 41 when registering therewith and enabling the arrow shaped head 45 to pass through the opening 49. Such passageA of the arrow head 45 will be permitted when the lever 43 is raised or in substantially erect position. Thereupon in order to anchor the plate portion l5 to the web 20 it will only be necessary to swing the lever 43 down when the wings 45 and 41 will clear the recesses 50 and 5| to sandwich the web 25| between the wings 46 and 41 on one side and the collar formation 48 on the other side. The collar formation 48 limits the inward swing of the arm 1 when extending into the house as shown in Fig. 3.

The angle between the web I5 and the plate portion I5 is preferably about 86 so that when the arm 1 is anchored on the outside of the house, the hook 3| and associated pulley 5 will be spaced from the outer face of the house as shown in Fig. 4, and in turn when the arm 1 is anchored to extend into the house, the hook portion 6 will clear the sash frame I0 as shown in Fig. 3.

As aforesaid, the hook elements 25 and 22 on the pin 2| rotate freely relative to the journals formed by the loops I1, I8 and 9, and conseq-uently when the strands 26 and 21 are secured in such hook elements 25 and 22, they will freely move with the arm 1 at one time extending substantially at right angles to the web 20, see Fig. 3, when the arm 1 extends into the house, and at another time extending at an oblique angle to the web 2B of about 135, see the position shown in Fig. 4, when the arm 1 extends adjacent to the outside of the house. It will be noted that when the arm 1 extends adjacentl to the outside of the house that the upper strand 26 will form a loop around the hook portion 25. A similar loop will also be formed by the strand 21 around the lower hook element 22 when the arm 1 is disposed adjacent to the outside of the house.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. l

I claim:

1. A clothes line supporting device for the opening, such as a window or doorway of a house having a fra'me dening said opening, in com-bination with an endless clothes line, two pulleys, each supporting oneend of said endless line, an exterior support supporting one of said pulleys, said device including a claw supporting the other pulley, a bent plate having one web secured to the outside of a house and' its other web extending outwardly therefrom clear of said frame, a second plate hingedly mounted on the outwardly extending web of said bent plate clear of said frame, an arm on said second plate, said claw being formed on the free end of said arm, a guide at the upper end of said second plate for the upper strand of said line, a second guide at the lower end of said second plate for the lower strand of said line, said guides being spaced from one another suliiciently to enable said arm with its pulley and a portionv of the clothes line to move between portions of the two strands to and from a position on the outside of the house and from and to a position inside of the house and substantially in alinement with the hinged connection between said second plate and said outwardly extending web, and an anchor pivotally mounted on said bent plate and having a recess for receiving an n tion with an endless clothes line, two pulleys,/

each supporting one end of said endless line, an

vexterior support supporting one of said pulleys, y

said device including a claw supporting the other pulley, a bent plate having one web secured to the outside of a house and its other web extending outwardly therefrom clear of said frame, a second plate hingedly mounted on the outwardly extending web of said rst plate clear of said frame, an arm on said second plate, said claw being formed on the free end of said arm, a guide at the upper end of said second plate for the upper strand of said line, a second guide at the lower end of said second plate for the lower strand of said line, said guides being spaced from one another suiiiciently to enable said arm with its pulley and a portion of the clothes line to move between portions of the two strands tovand from a position on the outside of the house and from and to a position inside of the house, an anchor pivotally mounted on said bent plateV and having a recess for receiving an edge of said second plate and for securing said second plate in position on the outside of the house, said outwardly extending web having an opening, and a stud on said second plate movable into the opening in said outwardly extending web and engaging the edge dening the opening in said outwardly extending web to secure said second plate in position when extending into the house. f

3. A clothes line supporting device for the opening, such as a window or doorway of a house having a frame defining said opening, in combination with an endless clothes line, two pulleys, each supporting one end of said endless line, an

exterior support supporting one of said pulleys,`

said device including a claw supporting the other pulley, a -bent plate having one web secured to the outside of a house and its other web extending outwardly therefrom clear of said frame, a second plate, a hinge including a pin hingedly connecting said second plate to said outwardly extending web clear of said frame, an arm on said second plate, said claw being formed on the free end of said arm, a guiding claw at the upper end of said pin for engaging and guiding the upper strand of said line, a second guiding claw at the lower end of said pin for engaging andy guiding the lower strand of said line, said guiding claws being spaced from one another sufficiently to enable said arm with its pulley and a portion of the clothes line to =move between portions of the two strands to and from a position on the outside of the house and from and to a position inside of the house, and a latch pivotally mounted on the rst web of said bent plate and having a recess for receiving the edge of said second plate and engaging and securing said second plate in position on the outside of the house.

ALEXANDER NAGY. 

